Harbaugh maybe would have had the AFC Championship if he had called a timeout and settled his kicker down, but unfortunately he rushed the guy onto the field, the guy improvised in the few seconds he had, and the kicker's guess as to positioning wasn't too good. Oops. So in the end it's partly Harbaugh's personal fault that the Ravens lost.

Now lots of ruminations run through his mind and sometimes they come out in public. "Cheaters! We hates it forever!" -- Gollum, in "The Hobbit".

Same old story: The Colts couldn't get by New England, so the Patriots were "cheating" and the rules had to be "emphasized." Baltimore can't get by the Patriots and it's The Fox and the Grapes all over again. Comes with the territory. Those who cannot defeat you must take their solace in belittling your achievments. Harbaugh may or may not be an idiot -- I don't really care -- but he certainly makes me chuckle quietly to myself.Posted by p-mike

Can't blame Tedy for losing it over Harbaugh's dumb remarks. As Tedy stated, when "fans" and the media say something...you laugh it off. But, when a guy like Harbaugh, who really knows better, makes such assertions, he needs to be put in his place.

He already had to fall on the sword and backtrack on his comments and call Belichick and apologize as well. I would have more respect for him if he stuck to his guns, with the apologizing as well he comes off as a sackless whiner

He already had to fall on the sword and backtrack on his comments and call Belichick and apologize as well. I would have more respect for him if he stuck to his guns, with the apologizing as well he comes off as a sackless whiner Posted by BostonTrollSpanker

In Response to Re: John Harbaugh is an idiot? : Thank you for showing everyone how to take something out of context. You pull one line out of a 50 line Q&A to make it look like what you want. Now go back and put in the other 49 lines about how the topic was cheating and the saints and Harbarugh went on to use Spygate as an example that something that has nothing to do with you winning SB's can "taint" it. Oh and of course there was nothing about PERCEPTION in that qoute because the WHOLE conversation was about the public's perception of a team when something like bountygate comes up. THE WHOLE COVERSTAION WAS ABOUT PERCEPTION. BY JUST TAKING OUT THAT ONE LINE WITHOUT PUTTING IT IN THAT CONTEXT IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF TAKING SOMETHING OUT OF CONTEXT. CONGRATS!!!
Posted by Patsman3

You obviously don't know what "out of context" means, he has given a complete and entire thought in the quote I posted. nothing "out of context". In addition, you fail to even support your accusation with anything he actually said, you just allude to it, further deteriorating your weak claim. Please show something that he said in completen context that obviously conflicts with my quote. You won't because you can't. At best, you'll find some after the fact backpedalling and explanation, further enforcing the fact that it was not out of context.
The guy screwed up, period. good, he'll pay for it in late September.

In response to "Re: John Harbaugh is an idiot?": You obviously don't know what "out of context" means, he has given a complete and entire thought in the quote I posted. nothing "out of context". In addition, you fail to even support your accusation with anything he actually said, you just allude to it, further deteriorating your weak claim. Please show something that he said in completen context that obviously conflicts with my quote. You won't because you can't. At best, you'll find some after the fact backpedalling and explanation, further enforcing the fact that it was not out of context. The guy screwed up, period. good, he'll pay for it in late September.Posted by pauldeba

Because of the Harbaugh remarks, Mike Fatcessa was talking all day of the Pats taping the Rams super bowl walk through, so let's not dismiss this as an off the cuff remark. Said there was hard evidence that the Pats did so, but failed to name his source. I think he is trying to get back in the Jet's fans good graces who hate him to a man.

As for Manvulva, he seemed sincere. But I never want to see him again and he has to call in advance if he wants to see our mother. He is dead to me.

I've been saying it for years, this whole incident (Spygate) has been so over-blown, it's ridiculous to even bring it up. These teams scout each other 24/7. they know all the plays, all their tendencies, all their formations, heck they even know which guys have tattoo's on their butts (just kidding there) Take basketball for instance, most teams only have a handful of plays. The point-guard even calls the play as he's bringing the ball up the court. The defense knows whats coming, yet so many times they fail to stop it... It all comes down to execution, plain & simple. The Patriots just happened to execute a lot better than everyone else during their Super Bowl Years. The bottom line is no one wants to give anybody any credit any more. It's so much easier to blame the refs, blame the NFL Commissioner, say the other team was just lucky, anything other than admit that your team just got beat!

I don't know if Harbaugh wanted to malign the Pats' championships or whether it was an unintentional reference. The bottom line is that if you are a coach of an NFL team, talk about your team. Learn to keep your mouth shut when it comes to talking about other teams. That's what BB does, day in and day out. You will never hear him say anything but positive things about every other team. I will say one thing, though. Harbaugh has unintentionally made the Spygate commentary sound like sour grapes from losing teams. I think people will be a lot more careful saying anything about Spygate in the future.

Get ready for it Patriot fans---Sept 23 at Baltimore Sunday nite football- this will be played over and over and over. Every sound bite the media can drag out will be discussed. The networks have to be peeing their pants thinking about the story lines for this game. I hope they harass Harbaugh and his players about comments that have been made about the Patriots. This is the game the Patriots have to win!!!!

Harbaugh can't put that genie back in the bottle. Even if his restatement appropriately clarified his original statement, even as restated, he's right. Even if no advantage was realized (only those on the inside will ever know), the continuous institutional impropriety is enough to cause people to question. Posted by UD6

In Response to Re: John Harbaugh is an idiot? : You excited about your team doggy doooooo?Posted by NEGAME2

I am kind of excited. Everyone says they are going to be terrible. I suppose that could be correct. Somehow, however, I am think they are going to be better than anticipated. Maybe I am just being blind.

I suppose the biggest issue they have, other than a rookie QB, rookie TE's, questions at RB, is that they want to shift from a 4-3 to a 3-4 without personnel that is specific to that scheme. I guess that is a big deal, but I tend to think that football players are football players.

As long as Mathis and Freeney can learn their positions, then I think they've got 3 of their 4 LB's set with Mathis Freeney and Angerer. They drafted a guy to play Nose and their current tackles may workout well at DE's. They do need more in the secondary, which has been an issue for years, but they have Bethea and Powers.

I don't know maybe my confidence is actually just wishful thinking. Regardless, I am looking forward to the regime change.

I've been saying it for years, this whole incident (Spygate) has been so over-blown, it's ridiculous to even bring it up. These teams scout each other 24/7. they know all the plays, all their tendencies, all their formations, heck they even know which guys have tattoo's on their butts (just kidding there) Take basketball for instance, most teams only have a handful of plays. The point-guard even calls the play as he's bringing the ball up the court. The defense knows whats coming, yet so many times they fail to stop it... It all comes down to execution, plain & simple. The Patriots just happened to execute a lot better than everyone else during their Super Bowl Years. The bottom line is no one wants to give anybody any credit any more. It's so much easier to blame the refs, blame the NFL Commissioner, say the other team was just lucky, anything other than admit that your team just got beat! Posted by Steelcurtain75

Now HERE'S a sensible response. Even better coming from a fan of a team other than NE, and slihtly more given a Steelers fan!

You are right. It's so hard for fans to admit they got beat. It happens, thats what makes winning so much sweeter!

"You have no clue. The full interview is all over the place at this point so no I am not going hand feed it to you."

Maybe not, but at least I know what "out of context" means and you don't, and that was your accusation. Did he contradict this statement in the rest of his interview? perhaps, I don't care, I see a complete statement, he made it and you pretended I quoted him "out of context", which I didn't do. If he can't keep his thoughts straight and says something, perhaps something he really didn't mean, that's not my problem.